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Guix System


Last Update: 2026-02-06 14:23 UTC

Guix System (formerly Guix System Distribution, or GuixSD) is a Linux-based, stateless operating system that is built around the GNU Guix package manager. The operating system provides advanced package management features such as transactional upgrades and roll-backs, reproducible build environments, unprivileged package management, and per-user profiles. It uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager, but packages are defined as native Guile modules, using extensions to the Scheme language.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 158 (73), 6 months: 163 (93), 3 months: 135 (128), 4 weeks: 57 (261), 1 week: 131 (121)

Average visitor rating: 8.3/10 from 17 review(s).

Guix System Summary
Distribution Guix System (previously GuixSD)
Home Page https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
Mailing Lists http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/ • http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://guix.gnu.org/en/help/
Screenshots DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://guix.gnu.org/en/download/
Bug Tracker https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-guix
Related Websites
Reviews 1.0.x: DistroWatch
0.15.0: DistroWatch
Where To Donate, Buy or Try https://guix.gnu.org/en/donate/ •

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2026-01-23: Distribution Release: Guix System 1.5.0
 • 2022-12-20: Distribution Release: Guix System 1.4.0
 • 2021-05-12: Distribution Release: Guix System 1.3.0
 • 2020-11-24: Distribution Release: Guix System 1.2.0
 • 2020-04-15: Distribution Release: Guix System 1.1.0
 • 2019-05-02: Distribution Release: Guix System 1.0.0
 • 2018-12-06: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.16.0
 • 2018-07-06: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.15.0
 • 2017-05-22: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.13.0
 • 2016-12-25: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.12.0
 • 2016-08-03: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.11.0
 • 2016-03-29: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.10.0
 • More Guix System releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2023-04-27 Guix moves toward full source builds
 • 2019-05-20 Guix releases fix for PATH issue
 • More Guix System headlines...

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Feature 1.5.0 1.4.0 1.3.0 1.2.0 1.0.1
Release Date 2026-01-23 2022-12-19 2021-05-12 2020-11-23 2019-05-19
End Of Life          
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1100-1200 700-900 600-700 400-500 200-300
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop          
Default Browser          
Package Format Guix Guix Guix Guix Guix
Package Management          
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture aarch64, i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64
Init Software Shepherd Shepherd Shepherd Shepherd Shepherd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4
Multilingual en en en en en
Full Package List 1.5.0 1.4.0 1.3.0 1.2.0 1.0.1
Package 1.5.0 1.4.0 1.3.0 1.2.0 1.0.1
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.11 1.2.4 1.2.4 1.2.2 1.1.8
amdgpu (25.0.0) -- -- -- -- --
apparmor (4.1.4) -- -- -- -- --
apt (3.1.15) -- -- -- -- --
bash (5.3) 5.2.37 5.1.8 5.0 5.0 4.4
bind (9.20.18) -- -- -- -- --
chromium (144.0.7559.132) -- -- -- -- --
cinnamon (6.6.6) -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.16) -- -- -- -- --
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.2 1.46.4 1.45.6 1.45.6 1.44.5
ffmpeg (8.0.1) -- -- -- -- --
firefox (147.0.3) -- -- -- -- --
flatpak (1.16.3) -- -- -- -- --
freetype (2.14.1) 2.13.3 2.10.4 2.10.4 2.10.4 2.9.1
gcc (15.2.0) 14.3.0 10.3.0 7.5.0 7.5.0 4.7.4
gimp (3.0.8) -- -- -- -- --
git (2.53.0) -- -- -- -- --
glibc (2.43) 2.41 2.33 2.31 2.29 2.28
gnome-shell (49.3) -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.14) 2.12 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.02
gtk (4.20.3) -- -- -- -- --
httpd (2.4.66) -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.4.3) -- -- -- -- --
kmod (34.2) 29 29 27 27 26
krita (5.2.15) -- -- -- -- --
LibreOffice (26.2.0) -- -- -- -- --
Package 1.5.0 1.4.0 1.3.0 1.2.0 1.0.1
libselinux (3.10) -- -- 3.0 3.0 2.7
linux (6.18.9) 6.17.12 6.0.10 5.11.15 5.9.3 5.1.2
mariadb (12.1.2) -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- --
mesa (25.3.4) -- -- -- -- --
mysql (9.6.0) -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (49.4) -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (590.48.01) -- -- -- -- --
openjdk (25) -- -- -- -- --
openssh (10.2p1) 10.2p1 9.1p1 8.5p1 8.4p1 8.0p1
openssl (3.6.1) 3.0.8 1.1.1s 1.1.1j 1.1.1g 1.1.1b
perl (5.42.0) 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.30.2 5.30.2 5.28.0
php (8.5.2) -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.5.5) -- -- -- -- --
postfix (3.10.7) -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (18.1) -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.14.3) -- -- -- -- --
qt (6.10.2) -- -- -- -- --
samba (4.23.5) -- -- -- -- --
systemd (259.1) -- -- -- -- --
thunderbird (147.0.1) -- -- -- -- --
vim (9.1) -- -- -- -- --
vlc (3.0.23) -- -- -- -- --
wayland (1.24.0) 1.24.0 1.20.0 1.18.0 1.17.0 1.17.0
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.21) -- -- -- -- --

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Average rating
8.3
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Version: 1.5.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2026-01-27
Votes: 16


 It seems interesting, but I couldn't start install.iso 1.5.0 i686 - kernel panic!

The install.1.5.0.x86-64.iso starts, but then hangs with a black screen.
I tried it on two different (old) computers.

One was an HP Tower DC7900 (2006).
The other was an HP Laptop NX9420.

No success.Perhaps it's due to the processor architecture, or the .iso file is corrupted.

I've also tried different USB drives.
USB ISO created with ddCopy.Maybe I'll try again later.

The download page should include a note about the absolute minimum hardware configuration for Guix.



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Version: 1.5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-01-25
Votes: 5


 Surely one of the most unique and forward‑thinking operating systems in the free software world. It combines a functional package manager with a fully declarative system configuration model, giving you the power of Lisp to manage your entire system. This approach creates a more transparent and predictable way of working, where every change is explicit and reversible. The result is an advanced, almost elegant way of interacting with your computer, one that encourages you to understand how things fit together instead of hiding them behind layers of abstraction.


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Version: 1.5.0
Rating: 3
Date: 2026-01-24
Votes: 0


 Works only with Mate, impossible to work with KDE version, windows are blocked on the top of the screen. It's impossible to close those windows. Installation process is clean, no problem on that. Update are not possible in KDE, calling discover has no effect, shutdown also freezes without closing the system. I'll not use that Guix distribution, perhaps not mature enough. I did not try with Gnome. The installation process is the most positive point of this distribution. Clearly not a system to begin with Linux


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